Question 14 • FL-1001420-AP English Language and Composition Sem 1 - Flex
The writer is considering deleting the underlined portion of sentence 5 (reproduced below), adjusting the punctuation as necessary. Between the mental stimulation from exciting storylines, the TV-emitted blue light that suppresses melatonin (a hormone the body uses to regulate the sleep cycle), and the delayed bedtimes as people stay up later to keep watching, binge-watching leads to poorer sleep.
Answer
A
Keep it, because it completes the writer’s comparison between types of sleep deprivation and how their differing severities affect binge-watchers in various ways
B
Keep it, because it engages the audience by clarifying how a lack of melatonin has affected the writer’s personal experience with sleep deprivation from binge-watching
C
Keep it, because it develops the writer’s ideas by defining melatonin, which helps the audience understand the writer’s argument that binge-watching negatively affects sleep
D
Delete it, because it distracts from the narrative that binge-watching has specific, measurable effects on the quality of people’s sleep
Explanation
The parenthetical phrase “a hormone the body uses to regulate the sleep cycle” defines melatonin. That definition helps readers understand why TV-emitted blue light suppressing melatonin could interfere with sleep, supporting the sentence’s point that binge-watching leads to poorer sleep. The sentence is explaining a general effect, not describing the writer’s personal experience or comparing types of sleep deprivation.
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